Police Removed Prominent Scientists from the ADA Meeting. Researchers Respond
A video from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2026 conference made headlines over the weekend, but it wasn’t about a scientific advance. The ADA conference organizers had the police escort five researchers out of the meeting for handing out an editorial that was published in one of their journals, Diabetes Care. The article addressed how recent actions taken by the federal administration will negatively impact research and public health outcomes, specifically diabetes and patient care.
- ▪A video from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2026 conference made headlines over the weekend, but it wasn’t about a scientific advance.
- ▪The ADA conference organizers had the police escort five researchers out of the meeting for handing out an editorial that was published in one of their journals, Diabetes Care.
- ▪The article addressed how recent actions taken by the federal administration will negatively impact research and public health outcomes, specifically diabetes and patient care.
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| Publication time | Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:06:31 +0000 |
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A video from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2026 conference made headlines over the weekend, but it wasn’t about a scientific advance. The ADA conference organizers had the police escort five researchers out of the meeting for handing out an editorial that was published in one of their journals, Diabetes Care. The event gained attention on social media where scientists from different disciplines expressed their thoughts on the topic.Reflecting on this incident in an interview, Justin Ryder, an obesity and diabetes researcher at Northwestern University and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, who was one of the ejected attendees, said, “I have great concerns.
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